Combined bed-pan and douche.



l ATENTED MAR. 12. 1907.

N. EGAN. COMBINE D BED PAN AN'D DOUGHB.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.16, 1906.

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COMBINED BED PAN AND EDQUCHE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 12, 1907.

Application filed March 16, 1906. Serial No. 306,373,

lo a whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, NAoMi EGAN, a citizen of the United States, residingat Danville, in 1 the county of Contra Costa and State of Caliiornia,have invented new and useful Improven'ie'nts in a vCombined Bed-Pan andDouche, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined bedpan and douche, and contemplatesthe di vision of a bed-pan into two chambers, one of which is completelyclosed, with the exception of outlets, with respect to the other by theuse of a removable plug -disposed centrally in a partition-wall dividingthe pan into the two chambers. The pan can either be used as in ordinarydevices of this class or be employed in treating a patient hydropathically without the least inconvenience to the patient and permittingthe use of as much water as may be desired. The pan also embodiesfeatures of construction which will permit it to be readily cleaned, asit is devoid of corners or angles, and, furthermore, foul odors will beprevented from entering the room in which it is located by causing theeilete matter or offensive residuum to pass into the closed chamberandthe latter sealed by the use of the plug.

Other objects and advantages oi the in vention will hereinafter appear.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a combined bed-pan anddouche enibodyin the features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a ongitudinalvertical section thereof.

Similar numerals of reference are eniployed to indicate correspondingparts in the views. I v

The numeral 1 designatesthe body of the pan, which is of the usual for-mand is provided with a downwardly-sloping top 2, the

an being higher at one end than'the other i or convenience inapplication, as will be readily understood. The top, 2. is formed withan elliptical opening 3 over the greater portion of thevert.icallyreduced part of the ess dimensions than the chamber 4therebeneath. The pan is also divided by a concaved verticallydisposedpartition 5, as clearly shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, to

by the reduced dimensions oi the opening with respect to the chamber 4also shielding the said partition 5. In the center of the partitionb anopening 8 is formed, as clearly closed by the plug 9.

shown by Fig. 2, to removably receive a rubber or analogous plug 9,which is withdrawable and inscrtible with relation to the opening 8 inthe chamber 4:. The chamber 6 is practically a closed chamber, with-theexcepti on of an outlet-tube 10, provided with a removable cap 11 and atap or coupling 12, communicating with an opening 13, having its lowerextremity close tothe bottom 14 of the pan and of the chamber 6.

The tap or coupling 12 is adapted to re ceivc a rubber tube or pipe 15of any suit able length, which may be arranged at its opposite terminalin a refuse-receptacle or slop j ar. The bottom 14 of the pan ishorizontally straight, and the opening 8 in the partition 5 extends atits lower portion in close proximity to the bottom 14, so as to permit aready flow of the contents of the chambe'r'4 into the chamber 6, andafter such disposition of the contents of the chamber 4 into the chamber6 the latter may be closed by the plug 9, thus obviating the escape ofobjectionable odors into the room or apartment in which the pan may belocated. extremity of the opening 13 is very olose to the bottom 14, sothat there may be'under certain conditions a perfect drain of the Thelower as an ordinary bed-pan, and under such latter use the coupling 01'tap 12 will be fully closedxby means of a cap 16. :Llhe concaved contourof the partition 5 causes all of the contents of the chamberi tofiow'toward and pass through the opening 8,- it being observed that the saidpartition on opposite sides of the opening hasa convergence to. ward thelatter.

iii the use of the device as an ordinary bed:

pan the tube 15 will not be used and the cap 16 will be applied tot-hetap or coupling 12.

' After the patient has ceased using the panthe contents of the chamber4 may be caused to pass into the chamber 6 and the latter much water asmay be desiredwithout overflowing the pan, as a' continual drain' willbe effected t pipe 15.

rough the chamber 6, and the When the pan is used it will be understoodthat the deposit in the chamber 6 may be released at any time byremoving the cap 11, particularly when the device is used as a bed-pansolely. Fur- 5 thermore, the parts are so arranged as they \may bereadily cleaned by flooding-the same With water and antiseptics. may beof any suitable length and will have such diameter as to render iteffective as a rain means.

it is proposed to construct the bed-pan ol non-corrosive metal and alsoto modify the proportions and dimensions thereof.

What I claim is' 1. A bed-pan having a vertical partition di iding thesameintov two chambers and formed with a central communicating cpening,one of the chambers being practically closed and having an outlrt-toben'ovided with a removable cap and an opening with a The pipe 15 longitudiimlly-concaved coupling means thereartmml, a pipe removably appliedto said cmipling means, and a plug removably fitted in thepartition-openmg.

2. A bcd-pan having a vert-ie: lly-disposed,

partition-wall having a central opening and dividing the pan into twochambers, one of the latter being practically closed and provided withan outlet-tube having a removable cap and a drainopening close to thebottom thereof, a pipe remox'ably applied over the drain-opening, and aplug removably littcd in the partitionopening.

In testimony whereof I aliix in presence of two \x'itnesses.

NAOMI EGAN, (N 12E WARREN.) Witnesses:

CHARLES ZI'MMERMANN,

S. F. RAMAGE.

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